College Football Week 6 Injury Report & Early Predictions: Texas vs. Oklahoma (2022)
Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 6 injury report and early predictions for this week’s game: Texas vs. Oklahoma.
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College Football Week 6 Injury Report & Early Predictions: Texas vs. Oklahoma
Texas (-7) vs. Oklahoma
Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel took a big shot to the head in Saturday’s 55-24 upset loss to TCU. Gabriel exited the game – the Sooners were down 34-10 at the time – and is currently in the concussion protocol. OU QB2 Davis Beville, a 6-foot-6, 235-pound Pitt transfer, finished out the game and would start for the Sooners on Saturday if Gabriel can’t go.
Unfortunately for the Sooners, that wasn’t the only serious injury suffered during the embarrassing loss. Oklahoma DB Damond Harmon was stretchered off in the fourth quarter after being knocked backward during a heavy hit.
Harmon has a history of back injuries. OU HC Brent Venables indicated after the game that the injury appeared to be to Harmon’s back and that while doctors cleared Harmon of anything serious, more observation would be needed before a prognosis can be offered.
So now, you can consider both Gabriel and Harmon somewhere between questionable and doubtful for Saturday. We’ll get a clearer outlook on that later this week.
On the other side, Texas is also (once again) facing quarterback questions. Texas QB Quinn Ewers didn’t play over the weekend against West Virginia with his collarbone injury after insiders felt he had a good shot to return.
The Longhorns have expressed optimism that Ewers will return this weekend. Of course, they’ve done that before, but the Red River Rivalry was always circled as the target date for Ewers’ return. Monitor his status this week.
Also of note, Texas WR Xavier Worthy returned from his lower-leg injury and appears to be back to 100 percent health. Worthy ripped up the Mountaineers for a 7-119-2 line.
My projected line above doesn’t bake in potential inactives. If Gabriel and Harmon are out and Ewers is back, you’d upgrade Texas by at least a few points while downgrading the Sooners by more than a field goal. Theoretically, that would adjust my spread close to Texas by double-digits. I’m not surprised by the surge of money on Texas since this line opened.
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